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THESIS STATEMENT

The intent of my thesis is to design a rehabilitation center for victims of human trafficking in the metropolitan Atlanta area. I want to determine how the intersectionality of distinct lived experiences influence the specific needs of individual victims. by taking an intersectional approach to helping victims, their particular needs can be understood more, and the systems of oppression can be altered.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

NATHALIA WESTON I ARCH 5017 I KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY

Who is at risk of being trafficked?

Anyone can be subjected to human trafficking. More often teens who appear vulnerable are usually targeted.

Are there resources available for victims?

There are shelters that focus on helping victims of human trafficking, but very few provide an environment that adapts to each individual’s circumstances.

What programmatic elements should be considered when designing for people with a traumatic history?

What are some common misconceptions concerning human trafficking?

Victims of human trafficking and other forms of trauma value safety the most.

Creating spaces that provide safety without the feeling of captivity should be a priority. Incorporating nature could be a method to balance safety and freedom.

I. Human trafficking and sex work/prostitution are the same thing II. People experiencing human trafficking are always helpless and want to be rescued III. Sex trafficking is the only form of human trafficking IV. Human trafficking does not occur in the United States. It only happens in other countires V. Only women and children experience trafficking

KEYWORDS in•ter•sec•tion•al•i•ty

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the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage. “through an awareness of intersectionality, we can better acknowledge and ground the differences among us”

the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else.

the permeable edge between public and private space. It is here where the boundaries between public and private space are blurred and redefined.

the process of making or becoming sound or healthy again..

DESIGN HYPOTHESIS

HUMAN RIGHTS

EXPLOITATION

HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS

HOUSING

COUNSELING

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COERCION

CLASS

GENDER

ANONYMITY

PSYCHOLOGY

SOCIAL BOND THEORY

FORCED LABOR

HERITAGE /HISTORY

SEXUAL ORIENTATION

FAMILY STATUS

INCOME

03

04 Fig. 08

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SITE SELECTION & SIGNIFICANCE Atlanta, GA

N

College Park, Atlanta, GA

Proximity to major roads which would allow for quick transport between locations in case of an emergency situation.

John Wesley Avenue, College Park, GA

The airport serves as a central hub for transportation.

Victims can be detected through entry and exit of the airport and provided with access to safety when discovered.

The site is located on a discreet block of buildings and the surrounding amenities are a welcome distraction and provide a barrier between the surrounding environment and the rehabilitation center.

The Ada and Tamar House Amos Goldreich Architecture + Jacobs Yaniv Architects

SITE PLAN

MATERIALS

DESIGN METHODOLOGY Housing units integrated into the building to give victims a safe home

Silicate Brick

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Courtyard functionality gives staff a direct view at all times

Steel Mullions

N Fig. 18

PROGRAM Family Housing

Exterior Glazing

Staff Offices

SITE CONTEXT Located in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, the Ada and Tamar House is designed for victims of domestic violence in surrounding communities. It replaced the previous shelter located in the same city which was situated in an area that made refugees vulnerable. The site is approximately 17,000 square feet and gives victims temporary housing, a dining hall, and a community courtyard. The Ada and Tamar House is the first purposebuilt shelter in Tel Aviv-Yafo.

Main Contractor: Efrata 2003 Ltd. Size:17,000 sqft.

Budget: £1,500,000 Photographs: Amit Geron Client: No To Violence

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Courtyard

“The building has two facades- the secure and protective exterior, and the inner façade, giving onto the central garden, the therapeutic “heart” of the shelter.”

Outdoor Patio

Tough silicate brick facade designed to keep victims safe from exterior threats

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Care Facilities Individual Housing

- Amos Goldreich Architects

Wooden Panels

Kitchen and Storage Dining Hall Fig. 15

PLAN I

Los Terrenos Tatiana Bilbao

PLAN II

SITE PLAN

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Fig. 20 Fig. 23

DESIGN METHODOLOGY

PROGRAM

Public space open to the natural environment to invite people in. Private space concealed underground for occupants.

Social Space Bathrooms Bedroom

SOCIAL

LIVING

COURTYARD

Fig. 29

Bathrooms Bedroom

Fig. 33

Connection between nature and built environment. Mirrored envelope cloaks the building to avoid disturbing the natural environment.

N

MATERIALS SITE CONTEXT Los Terrenos is located in a residential zone southwest of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. The site is situated in a highland forest zone and the program was designed and fragmented to fit the function of each component. The most intriguing element of the design is the mirrored glass envelop that reflects the surrounding environments, causing the building to blend in seamlessly.

Fig. 30

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Mirrored Glass Envelope

Clay

Permeable Floor

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Fig. 27

Screen Wall

Contractor: PARALELO - Arturo Barbosa Principal: Tatiana Bilbao Partners: Catia Bilbao, David Vaner Budget: Unknown Size: 5,166 sqft.

Photographs: Rory Gardiner, Iwan Baan Fig. 28 Fig. 31

Aalborg Rehabilitation Center Polyform

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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DESIGN METHODOLOGY

PROGRAM

Open, communal spaces designed to make visitors feel calm and welcome.

Fig. 41

Garden and green roofs designed for sustainability.

Offices Restrooms Garden Lounge Storage Prayer Room

N

“Design a house that invites the patient in and creates room for life”.

- Polyform

Gathering Space

Fig. 36

SITE CONTEXT The Aalborg Cancer Center was designed to be a ‘livsrum’ or living space for patients to feel at home when pursuing treatment. The center protects and greets the visitors simultaneously while creating an environment that is the opposite of a typical care facility.

Care Facilities

MATERIALS

Contractor: HP Byg Size:10,763sqft.

Budget: Unknown Photographs: Ty Stange Client: The Danish Cancer Society

Recycled Brick

Wood

Green Roof

Glass

Fig. 42

N Fig. 35

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York Road Station Housing Hidden Homeless Competition Amos Goldreich Architects

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SITE CONTEXT Our proposal couples the shelter accommodation with a co-working space for young entrepreneurs, young creatives and start-ups. The relationship between the shelter and co-working space will provide transfers of knowledge and skill that will be beneficial to members of the co-working space, and more importantly, enable shelter residents to up-skill.

Fig. 47

Location: London, U.K. Budget: Unknown Client: Horizon Youth Centre, Camden

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Uruapan Shelter For Victims of Violence ORIGEN 19º41’ 53” N

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DESIGN METHODOLOGY

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

System of three orthogonal bays arranged in parallel and divided between them by longitudinal gardens.

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combination of two differentiated formal systems produces a constructive and spatial framework of planes in different directions that generate the sensation of a labyrinth-like structure.

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SITE CONTEXT A meeting place and phenomenological possibilities of light, matter and time that suspend the ordinary notion of everyday life to transcend a vital continuum of spaces and their atmosphere. A circulatory itinerary that serves as a spiritual conductor for its inhabitants.

“It is designed so that the architecture is “ diluted”, avoiding being the protagonist by privileging the user-nature relationship, reducing the feeling of isolation in women and their children”.

Contractor: Unknown Size:13,000 sqft.

Budget: Unknown Photographs: Luis Gordoa, Francisco Mendez Client: Unknown

MATERIALS Recycled Brick

Fig. 60

Wood

Fig. 61

Garden Space

Fig. 62

Glass

Fig. 63

Concrete

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Steel

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DOCUMENTATION OF EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS DEMOGRAPHICS TOTAL POPULATION

AGE DISTRIBUTION

EDUCATION

RACE/ETHNICITY

CRIME COLLEGE PARK

<5

FEMALE TO MALE RATIO

5-17

18-24

25-34

35-54

55-64

65+

High-school Graduate

Attending College

College Graduate

Black

White

Latino/ Hispanic

0.5%

1.9%

4.3%

14%

79.3%

15,134

Biracial

Other

INDIVIUALS BELOW POVERTY LINE

MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME

CRIME NATIONAL

$32,039 College Park

55%

$57,652

45%

31.5%

National

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Mapping Human Trafficking in Atlanta

High-Risk Areas

Sandy Springs

Silver Lake

Chamblee Chatahoochee River

Smyrna

Lake Moore

Cardinal Lake

Chattahoochee River

Laurel Lake

Cooper Lake

Rivermeade Lake

Chattahoochee River

Peachtree Creek Kepler-Henri Lake

Summerlin Lake

Cobb Co South Fulton

Candler Lake

Atlanta Water Works Reservoirs

Pk Piedmont Lake

Decatur

Atlanta Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site

Tatum Lake

Cem Wildwood Lake

East Lake

Lake Palmyra

Fulton Co Kings Lake

Pk

High Loch Lomond Lake Niskey Lake

Wrights Lake

Prison

North Fulton

Fort McPherson Military Res

Pk Lakewood Park Lake City of East Point Reservoir

DeKalb Co

Reservoir

East Point

Carol Lake Jan Lake

Cowart Lake

Constitution Lake

Hosp

Moore Lakes

Cem

Hapeville

Crawford Lakes

Judy's Lake

College Park

The William B Hartsfield Atlanta Airport

Lake Murray

Pk

0

1

2 Miles

Mirror Lake

Forest Park

Clayton Co Fort Gillem Military Res

Ballard Pond

DeKalb

Site Movement & Activity

HARVARD AVE

B

A. Surrounding amenities such as restaurants and local businesses

EAST MAIN ST

REET

COLUMBIA AVE

JOHN WESLEY AVE

A

B. Pedestrian path across the railroad that leads id rectly to College Park Marta Station

C

MAIN STREET

COLLEGE STREET

SITE

YALE AVE C. Access to the College Park Marta Station

Most Common Weekly Flight Patterns

25

26

23 20 4

12

17 3

1418

19

9

2

16

10

6

11

21 8 7

15

13

1 5

22

24

28

27

29

1. Orlando Sanford International 2. JFK International 3. Los Angeles International 4. San Francisco International 5. Palm Beach International 6. Gen. Edward Lawrence Logan International 7. Dallas-Fort Worth International 8. Reno/Tahoe International 9. Stewart International

10. Philadelphia International 11. Ronald Reagan Washington International 12. Kansas City International 13. Tallahassee International 14. Chicago O’Hare International 15. Baton Rouge Metropolitan 16. Detroit Metropolitan 17. Cheyenne Regional 18. Cleveland-Hopkins International

19. General Mitchell International 20. Waterloo Regional 21. Raleigh-Durham International 22. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International 23. Toronto Pearson International 24. Mexico City International 25. Heathrow Airport 26. Frankfurt International 27. International Airport of Brasilia

28. Juan Santa Maria International 29. Melbourne International

Community Engagement Automotive Shop

Post Office

EAST MAIN ST

REET

TONYA FLORES

Marta Station

AGE: 40

AGE: 21

OCCUPATION: Community Activist and Social Worker

OCCUPATION: Airport Employee

BACKGROUND: Tonya is a survivor of human trafficking. She was 15 and living in a thriving community in Ohio.

Today she is a renowned author and she advocates to legislators about methods to prevent human trafficking.

WHAT SHE WANTS FOR THE COMMUNITY: Tonya suggested that checkpoints should be set up so that members of the community can alert authorities to the issue. She also recommended that part of the rehabilitation center be dedicated to educating community members on the signs that someone is being recruited for trafficking.

JOHN WESLEY AVENUE

COLLEGE STREET

Retail/Restaurant

DAWNE WILLIAMS AGE: 35 OCCUPATION: Outreach Coordinator

Restaurant MAIN STREET

BACKGROUND: Dawne is a licensed social worker, and she works with the criminal justice department to help organize training and develop effective communication strategies among human trafficking agencies. She has always been a strong advocate for survivors that are part of the LGBTQ+ community as a transgender woman who often sees disparities in the treatment of victims that do not identify as cisgender.

WHAT SHE WANTS FOR THE COMMUNITY: Dawne suggests implementing social spaces that will promote mental and physical health, and offering STD and STI testing as well as resources and opportunities for survivors that are part of the LGBTQ+ community.

Retail

N

Site Plan: 1’=32”

Circulation Floor plates make a direct intersections that designate the circulation between different spaces

Public vs. Private Space Separation of public and private space by nesting program. Visual connection occurs when public and private circulation intersect.

Nature Incorporating nature to outdoor spaces to provide a safe healing environment

JERMAINE WEST

Symbolic Barriers Boundary wall forms physical barrier between the building and surrounding site.

Facade acts as a layer of camouflage and gives occupants control over visibility.

BACKGROUND: Jermaine is a native of College Park and he has observed how the community operates. As an employee at the airport, Jermaine knows what to look for in victims who are being trafficked.

He described one incident where a teenage girl looked uncomfortable with a male passenger and he refused to leave her unattended when she went to the restroom.

WHAT HE WANTS FOR THE COMMUNITY: Jermaine suggested that the rehabilitation center should use a discreet method to teach everyone how to recognize the signs he was trained to see.

JOHN WESLEY AVENUE

PROGRAM 1. Lobby 1

4

2. Gender-Neutral Restrooms

2

3. Atrium 4. Medical Facility 5. Staff Offices 7

6. Daycare 7. Market

COLLEGE STREET

3 6

5

N

Plan I: 1’=8”

PROGRAM 8. Atrium 12

9. Sports Court 9

10. Gym

11 13

11. Gender-Neutral Restrooms

13

12. Locker Room 13. Two Bedroom Unit 14. One Bedroom Unit

8

10 14

14

N

Plan II: 1’=8”

PROGRAM 13. Two Bedroom Unit 14. One Bedroom Unit

N

Plan III: 1’=8”

14

14

14

14

PROGRAM 19

15. Legal Counsel

18

16. Conference Room 19

18

17

17. Office 18. Study Rooms

18

19. Professional Development B

B’

A

A’

15

16

15

N

Plan IV: 1’=8”

GYM

Section A-A’: 1’=8”

Section B-B’: 1’=8”

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FACILITY

ATRIUM

LIVING UNITS

DAYCARE

MARKET

GREEN ROOF Roof EL. + 39’-0” OUTSIDE: DOUBLE LAYER ALUMINUM SHADING PANEL

Professional Development Facility EL. + 29’-0”

INSIDE: SINGLE LAYER GLASS WALL SYSTEM

Gym EL. + 10’-0”

Wall Section: 1’=1/2”

Loft Level I: 1’=8”

Loft Level II: 1’=8”